Bleaching a Linen Duvet and Shams, From Oatmeal to Soft White...

So many times i've gazed longingly at heavenly soft white linen shams, and duvet covers and sheets online, only to cringe when i see the price... 

Just can't justify hundreds of dollars for them when i need to save up to buy annoying necessities like toilet tissue, and gas, and vodka... sigh...

Anyway, the other day i was perusing some of my favorite blogs, and saw a blog post by 

Laurie at Heaven's Walk

She is amazing,  you should go over and take a look at her french market basket redo

She had bleached some oatmeal pillow shams and they turned out the most wonderful soft white color

so i wrote her and asked her about how she did it

and she wrote me back with detailed instructions

I thought it was so very sweet and thoughtful how she took the time for that

So, Voila 

here they are after a good ole bleaching...

 

bed's a little messy... but that's for a good reason, because me and Daisy take naps in there!

I'm a creature of routine
everyone pretty much knows where i am because i always do the same thing... 
people on the spectrum like routine, i have a touch of aspergers,  and i'm proud of it!
well, except the anxiety attack part, and the overly controlling part, and being completely literal and not getting jokes part
and the
hyper sensitive to everything part...  
not too thrilled with those parts

anyway, everyday when i come home from work Daisy runs to the bedroom and flings her body against the bedroom door until i open it, because she knows it's naptime!

Below is the before, I had a Rachael Ashwell, Simply Shabby Chic duvet cover and pillow shams in oatmeal

and here is the link to Target where they are on sale for $39.99!

http://www.target.com/p/simply-shabby-chic-oatmeal-linen-duvet-set/-/A-12202138

In this photo you can see i have already changed out the lamps on the bedside table from the first photo...

I love this rusty old light fixture...

pillow sham closeup....look at that pretty soft white color!

it worked great!

I learn so much from my blog friends

I know that if i want to know something... all i have to do is ask, and you guys are out there in all your brilliance thinking about it and offering ideas and creative solutions!

Like Mandy at Alaparisienne suggesting i hang my unwired vintage chandy in the bathroom... 

she said don't worry if it's not wired, hang it up anyway !

 i did, and she was right, it's cute as anything there!

the red you see is my belly, there always seems to be unfortunate shots of my belly in photos

here is where it was before, just sitting atop this little cabinet thingy

and here again, dirty laundry and all...

you'll notice that the flowers on the chandy are white...
well, they weren't originally, they were this really intense bad color, i don't remember what it was..
so i just painted them white... why the heck not!

the duvet again...

and just for fun... a pretty little crucifix i found from another creative lady from Etsy...

Kristin, she has an Etsy shop called "Relic"

So, thanks my friends for all your creative ideas and positive vibes...

you're awesome!

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